Reason why X800 is much cheaper:
1. Basically X800 is the improvement of x700 so the development cost is low
-X700 is the first Symbian model of panasonic so during that time, it is on the trial and error stage.
2. Manufacturing cost is low because minor modification on equipment is done to conpensate on the changes of x800. (this means that equipment of X700 is also used in X800).
3. part are much cheaper since some of the latest tech that time are now already common to all phone when X800 is released.

X800 difference in terms of hardware
-The thinnest smart phone
-One push hinge (original with panasonic)
-improve LCD display (much clearer and defined)
-2 internal antenna ( 1 is use during open condition and one is use during close condition so signal is improve on this phone )
-interchangable cover
-Enhanced Audio-Visual Entertainment (stereo HS circuit)
-speaker is also different(Ceramic speaker amp same as P900iV)

this phone is so disappointing. earlier, it was posted at gsmarena that it would have a 1.3 mp camera. not only that, the battery and the memory size are the same as for the x700. so, all we have here is the x700 in another design. good grief! what were the guys at panasonic thinking of?! how is the consumer going to want to buy this phone when panasonic is coming out with 1.3 and 2.0 mp camera phones later this year? and how is panasonic going to get a foothold in the smartphone segment when its best smartphone spots a vga camera, miserly memory capacity and an inferior battery? wake up, you guys at panasonic! i am sure you can do much better than this. if panasonic says it is planning a better smartphone than this, why bother making this phone then?

this phone is so disappointing. earlier, it was posted at gsmarena that it would have a 1.3 mp camera. not only that, the battery and the memory size are the same as for the x700. so, all we have here is the x700 in another design. good grief! what were the guys at panasonic thinking of?! how is the consumer going to want to buy this phone when panasonic is coming out with 1.3 and 2.0 mp camera phones later this year? and how is panasonic going to get a foothold in the smartphone segment when its best smartphone spots a vga camera, miserly memory capacity and an inferior battery? wake up, you guys at panasonic! i am sure you can do much better than this. if panasonic says it is planning a better smartphone than this, why bother making this phone then?

wad is an OS??can ani one tel me??n y doesnt panasonic phone support radio wan ar??n it doenst support mp3 rite..so hw to use the realplayer we muz download the songs ourself or wad..?? n the phone it self hw mani mb??

This phone has its style.. As for the function.. well, there are alway new Symbian user ard. Let us treat this as a basic phone with style.. I tried it and gosh~~ U really can't deny that it is slim and attractive.. A fashion accessory.. i guess. Guys.. just relax and post ur comment.. Give panasonic a chance.. This is their 2nd Symbian phone.. u know.. Good thing will only come out after trying..

if u know what is a symbian phone then u will know that this phone is 100% exactly the nokia 6600 that was realesed 3 years ago.... with a diff. case and the word panasonic

and plz cut the crap and dont compare it with motorola..... motorola is SHIT

compare the screen with a real 256 screen like the SE s700 or the samsung D500 or D410
and then u will see the difference.

there is nothing special about this phone except it has the same old tech. i think they planned for it in 2002 but it is realesed in the 2005 . while all the other symbian phones are comming with the symbian 8 and megapixel camera and 256 screen and the support of 3G and mp3 ringtones.

for the love of god. this pohone is so damn stupid to be realesed but panasonic is counting on stupid ppl who dont know anything about the smartphones market !!!

go try the 7610/6630/3230 and even the SX1 witch is 2 years old... and u will find this phone dont even worth it to consider

Well, 260 k or 16 m, colors would be great, mp3 ringbones also, camera is not a very important thing, I don't care about resolution, I do care about quality, but the point is, the design is something outstanding, it reminds me the design of my Nakamichi sound center, I like every little thing from keyboard to slim design, and it is much better to have a smart phone with this design than to have a phone with 1mpx camera and 260k screen without OS, coz we don't have superb looking smart phones at all, yes nokia had all of X800 specifications year ago in their UGLY MONSTERS.